Master of Devouring?

Regarding Queen Medusa and Zi Yan's doubts, Xiao Yan did not intend to tell them about his shocking discovery for the time being. He simply shook his head, his expression somewhat solemn, and said vaguely:

"Everything here is completely different from what we know on the mainland, so I'm thinking that this might not be the Dou Qi Continent, but another world, or a part of the mainland."

Upon hearing Xiao Yan's answer, Queen Medusa and Zi Yan also showed surprise, clearly finding Xiao Yan's guess hard to believe.

It turns out to be a space from another world?

Queen Medusa's eerie purple eyes were fixed on Xiao Yan, trying to glean more information from his face.

She and Xiao Yan had been close for over three years, so she knew Xiao Yan quite well.

He wouldn't have made such a startling prediction unless he was quite certain.

She looked around at the desolate space constructed of strange dark gold rocks and covered with unfamiliar runes. The suffocatingly dense energy of heaven and earth in the air made her increasingly convinced that Xiao Yan's words were true.

Everything that came into view was completely different from any known ruins on the Dou Qi Continent.

A sense of unease crept into her heart. A continent from another world?

Zi Yan seemed to be deep in thought upon hearing this.

Other continents?

No wonder the spatial rules are different from those of the Dou Qi Continent, yet there are some similarities. It is likely that this space was gradually assimilated after merging with the Dou Qi Continent, which is why it presents such a strange scene.

However, as the darling of the Dou Qi Continent and the Supreme Realm of the Beast World, the Ancient Void Dragon of the Void's talent in the realm of space was indeed frighteningly high. Once she understood the origins of the differences in those spatial rules, she knew how she could more easily tear apart the space here.

She needs that special kind of energy.

That kind of fiery energy that affects both the physical body and Dou Qi, and is mixed in with the energy of heaven and earth in this space!

If she could master that energy, she was confident that she could manipulate the Spatial Strength at will within this area!

Because that kind of energy seems to be one of the underlying logics of this space.

"Looking deeper in, there seems to be some lingering traces of life."

At that moment, Old Yao's voice rang out in Xiao Yan's mind without warning.

A lingering trace?

Xiao Yan was taken aback upon hearing this. Then, with a thought in his mind, he took Queen Medusa and Zi Yan and flew out of the stone chamber, heading towards the depths of the passage.

A full ten minutes later, Xiao Yan and his two companions finally crossed the narrow passage and arrived in front of a magnificent hall.

It can only be said that this ancient sect is truly large in scale; just one place that resembles Pill Hall occupies an area comparable to the entire Misty Cloud Sect.

However, even so, compared to this vast space that even Old Yao could not completely cover with his soul power, this Pill Hall seemed to be only an insignificant part.

This made Xiao Yan even more vigilant.

Judging from the information about the Tianxuan Continent in Xiao Yan's memories, a sect that can possess such a scale is probably the ruins of a super sect!

This is actually not difficult to understand.

Because if it were an ordinary sect, the sect space they constructed would simply not be enough to support this space as it drifted through Spatial Turbulence and countless hardships to reach the Dou Qi Continent.

Furthermore, given the obvious phenomenon of this space merging into the Dou Qi Continent, Xiao Yan had reason to suspect that there was some kind of rare treasure within this space that could help him integrate into the Dou Qi Continent.

Otherwise, this sect space would either have been shut out by the Dou Qi Continent shattered by it, and it would never have been able to merge so silently as it is now.

"Xiao Yan, look there!"

Just as Xiao Yan was lost in thought, Zi Yan exclaimed and pointed her finger directly to the very center of the hall.

Xiao Yan's gaze followed Zi Yan's small, fair hand, and his pupils immediately contracted.

A skeleton, smooth as jade and faintly imbued with the power of life, sat cross-legged in the center of the hall. In its clasped palms was an unremarkable gray bag.

Although Xiao Yan had never seen it, three words still came to mind:

"The Qiankun Bag!"

And those bones, fallen many years ago yet still brimming with vitality—could this person have been a powerful cultivator at the Life Profound Realm?

In a rough sense, the Life Profound Realm can be seen as the Dou Zun Realm the Dou Qi Continent. The bones of a Dou Zun might even have some use?

However, this person was most likely a powerful warrior who sacrificed himself to fight against the Alien Demon, and taking his final remains for use as materials seems somewhat inappropriate...

Xiao Yan felt conflicted.

Despite these thoughts, he still stepped forward, his fighting Dou Qi rapidly circulating within him, ready to strike at any moment.

He could do without the body, but he, Xiao Yan, would not be polite about Qiankun Bag.

After bowing respectfully to the deceased, unknown senior from another world and apologizing, Xiao Yan bent down, took the Qiankun Bag in both hands, and picked it up.

Infused with soul power, it actually works!

As if opening Storage Ring, Xiao Yan saw the few hundred Nirvana Pill that remained, along with some medicinal herbs, materials, and martial arts techniques!

It is obvious that the fact that there were less than three hundred Nirvana Pill proves that this senior had exhausted all the means at hand during his lifetime, and the remaining few hundred were probably unused and could not be used.

Before Xiao Yan could even see what was left, the Qiankun Bag began to fluctuate violently. The next moment, it trembled violently once more before vanishing into thin air!

The contents inside exploded and were scattered all over the floor.

Xiao Yan was stunned for a moment, then quickly used his Storage Ring to put everything inside. As for the thirty-odd Nirvana Pill that Zi Yan had casually taken and eaten like candy, he simply ignored them.

Having witnessed this, Xiao Yan didn't want to delve into the special properties of those martial arts techniques right now. He simply reached out silently to the smooth, jade-like bones on the ground, intending to take them out and bury them on a scenic mountaintop.

However, just as Xiao Yan was about to touch the skeleton's arm, the skeleton's bony hand suddenly stretched out and firmly grabbed Xiao Yan's hand!

The sudden turn of events caused Xiao Yan's expression to change drastically, but before the Heavenly Flames within his body could surge forth, a beam of light shot out from the sunken eye sockets of the skeleton, striking Xiao Yan's forehead head-on.

The instant that ray of light touched Xiao Yan's forehead, the world before his eyes immediately changed, and a scene seemingly from ancient times appeared in his mind:

Still in this vast and endless sect space, but in the sky above, Xiao Yan saw countless figures standing in the air. Each of those figures possessed an incomparably powerful aura, far stronger than anyone Xiao Yan had ever seen, and their numbers were terrifying!

Xiao Yan was utterly shocked. Could this be the scale of that ancient sect when it was at its peak?

Truly extraordinary!

Those figures stood suspended in mid-air, as if resisting something. Not far from them, a darkness permeated the air, within which seemed to flicker with crimson light. That darkness gave people an indescribable feeling, despairing and merciless, filled with evil fluctuations.

Darkness seeped in from outside the space like a tide, then spread over the army of powerful figures. Those sect experts who seemed to possess incomparably powerful auras were powerless to resist the spread of darkness. As the darkness spread, all the powerful figures turned into ashes and scattered in the sky.

Xiao Yan stared at this scene with a chill in his heart. The darkness was like an evil spirit that devoured all living beings in the world. Wherever it passed, any life was annihilated in the darkness!

Countless powerful warriors were nearly wiped out by the encroaching darkness!

At this critical moment, a figure appeared in the sky without warning. Within a few inches of that figure, there was not a single ray of light. From a distance, he looked like the most mysterious black hole in the starry sky.

The camera zoomed in, and Xiao Yan could see the man who was like a black hole.

He had a handsome face, with a gentle and refined expression, and a mysterious smile that was hard to decipher. His dark eyes were exceptionally deep, and his slightly raised eyebrows exuded a domineering air that seemed to look down upon the world.

"The Master of Devouring?"

The moment Xiao Yan saw this man, he knew that this person was the Master of Devouring, one of the Eight Ancient Masters!

The Master of Devouring seemed to say something before charging directly into the endless darkness. The evil dark auras that landed on him vanished as if they had disappeared into the sea. Beside him, four dark figures wielding long swords stood guard.

Xiao Yan knew what it was.

Devouring Heavenly Corpse!

That was a combat puppet comparable to the Reincarnation Realm. One person and four corpses charged into the darkness, actually carving a hole right through it!

To suppress ten thousand demons single-handedly—that kind of combat power is truly terrifying!

However, before Xiao Yan could get his fill of the scene, it abruptly ended. He was immediately jolted awake by two worried calls, and looked at the skeleton in front of him with lingering fear. The scenes he had just witnessed must have been things that happened in this ancient sect back then.

Master of Devouring, Alien Demon...

Xiao Yan suddenly felt a chill run down his spine.

Because he realized something.

If the Master of Devouring has resolved the crisis here, then why has the place become like this again?

There's only one reason!

After the Master of Devouring left, this place was invaded by the Alien Demon!

In other words...

This space may very well harbor Alien Demon!

"Xiao Yan! How are you? Are you alright?"

Zi Yan's voice rang in my ears.

Queen Medusa gave Xiao Yan another chance to use her lap pillow. She knelt on the ground and placed her plump thighs behind Xiao Yan's head. A rich, cool fragrance wafted over, reminding Xiao Yan of some pleasant memories from late nights.

Xiao Yan wanted to look up and tell Queen Medusa and Zi Yan that he was alright.

However, upon looking up, he saw the shadow of Medusa's Peak looming over him, obscuring his view.

Well...

Xiao Yan had no choice but to get up and explain:

"Don't worry, I'm fine. It was just a mental shock. I saw some of this senior's memories."

Xiao Yan then briefly described what he had just witnessed.

Queen Medusa, who had already stood up, still very considerately acted as a human cushion for her little husband, actively pulling Xiao Yan to lean against her. Although she didn't say anything, her actions clearly showed her concern for Xiao Yan.

Zi Yan, who was standing to the side, even took out her Nirvana Pill, which she had been saving, and asked Xiao Yan to refine it to help him recover.

Xiao Yan was perfectly fine, and he naturally accepted his fiancée's concern without a second thought, but he truly couldn't bear to take away Zi Yan's food rations.

So, Xiao Yan smiled, and under Zi Yan's expectant gaze, took two Nirvana Pills from her hand, saying with a smile:

I'll only eat two; the rest are for you.

After saying that, Xiao Yan swallowed the Nirvana Pill directly.

However, the next moment, Xiao Yan's body turned bright red as if on fire, and his body temperature was so high that even a Dou Zong level expert like Queen Medusa, with her powerful body as Seventh Tier Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python, felt extremely uncomfortable.

But she didn't want Xiao Yan to lose his support at this time, so she simply wrapped her body with Dou Qi and silently waited for Xiao Yan to finish refining the medicinal power.

Xiao Yan realized he had been careless when he consumed the two Nirvana Pills.

The Nirvana Pill stored in this Qiankun Bag are far more potent than those Nirvana Pills that were just gathering dust in the cauldron!

Perhaps because of the stronger Nirvana Qi within it, Xiao Yan felt a surge of energy surging within his body. Even with his powerful physique, which was only slightly inferior to Zi Yan's original form as Ancient Void Dragon, and his Dou Qi realm at the Dou Emperor level, he still found the Nirvana Pill somewhat difficult to digest.

But it's not a big problem!

Great Sun Separation Fire Body, open!

Heavenly Flames, Refine!

It took Xiao Yan a full half hour to refine the medicinal power, and his aura became noticeably stronger.

"This pill gives me strength! If I take a few more, I can break through to the Four-Star Dou Emperor."

Xiao Yan finally opened his eyes and immediately saw that Queen Medusa, who was tightly hugging him, had unnaturally reddened skin, as if she had been burned?

After a moment's thought, Xiao Yan knew what was going on. He quickly took out a bottle of the Ice Spirit Cold Spring that he hadn't finished using back then, and used his soul power to draw it out, covering Queen Medusa's body.

Although it was just a minor burn that would probably heal in a little while, Xiao Yan still felt very distressed because she was his woman.

As for the Ice Spirit Cold Spring, it might have been incredibly precious to Xiao Yan back then, but for Xiao Yan now, he wouldn't even mind using it as Ice Spirit Cold Spring for Medusa Queen Medusa needed it!

Oh, and this water won't be sold once it's used up!

Xiao Yan nodded in satisfaction as he watched Queen Medusa's skin regain its fair and soft appearance. He then said seriously:

"Let's go, take this senior out and bury him. We need to head straight for the depths of the ruins. Although we might encounter danger, there are some things I need to confirm before I can feel at ease."